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QUOTE (shipps @ Feb 6, 2015 -> 02:44 PM) My favorite time of year is the opening of the baseball season. Oh I cant wait. In my house we call it New Years Day.

Zero chance I knew either.

eddy Greenstein ‏@TeddyGreenstein 2h2 hours ago Appreciate Doug McDermott’s honesty.At Creighton, “I wasn’t asked to defend a lot b/c oftentimes they wanted me out of foul trouble.” #Bulls

Andrew Marchand ‏@AndrewMarchand 2h2 hours ago A scout compared Moncada to Robinson Cano http://es.pn/1xAp9yF Another said he would be the No. 1 pick if he were in June draft

Andrew Marchand ‏@AndrewMarchand 26m26 minutes ago A-Rod, Yanks will meet before spring training http://es.pn/1LVyMmd via @ESPNNewYork

Paul Konerko days until Pitchers and Catchers report.

QUOTE (Tex @ Feb 6, 2015 -> 02:10 PM) I just learned the jackets at my school are over $400. Wow. What did y'all pay for yours and when? Obviously my $50 in 1979 isn't a fair comparison. You just carved into the cave walls.

Xeric conditions happen frequently in the desert.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 6, 2015 -> 01:02 PM) I am excited for people to see what I'm looking at to know if there are alternative terms that I don't understand. Post them here, or message me if you like.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 6, 2015 -> 01:42 PM) He played 145 games. Started 144. 35 as a DH. 109 as a 1B. If that is a manager trying to kill a player, the White Sox are going to need at least 50 or 60 players to play your style of ball. 145 games having played 90 game seasons in Cuba. It isn't about the race, it is about the conditioning for the race. I get that the team wants to condition him to play 162, which is why I was OK with that in a throw away year.

Cubs are being investigated for tampering with Maddon hire. http://m.espn.go.com/general/blogs/blogpos...amp;src=desktop

QUOTE (StRoostifer @ Feb 6, 2015 -> 11:50 AM) Agreed with both wite and eminor3rd. Look at individuals such as Trout who struck out 184 times last year. That's an incredibly gauding number of k's but those do not matter much at all when looking at his .287 BA, 111 RBI, 36 HR, 39 2B and 9 3B. I don't like using this phrase but its true, " its not what you hit but when you hit it". A team can strike out a lot and still be capable of getting those timely hits. K's do not help those chances but they do not completely hinder them either. Plus the whole, best defensive OF in baseball, thing.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 6, 2015 -> 11:50 AM) There is not a single index fund offered. I definitely need answers, I'd love to manage myself as there are plans I am a fan of, but I do not know how employee match is affected if I move to Roth. Anyway you can share the names of the options you do have?

Comcast SportsNet ‏@CSNChicago 2h2 hours ago .@jimcallisMLB: Carlos Rodon's pure stuff right up there with Chris Sale: http://bit.ly/1LSiPgn #WhiteSox

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Feb 6, 2015 -> 10:28 AM) Bulls are actively shopping Taj Gibson That really seems odd to me. I wonder what is going on in the locker room, because something isn't right about this team.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Feb 6, 2015 -> 10:19 AM) If he drops weight, improves his defense and offense, he'll find a job... But other than that, he is doing great.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Feb 6, 2015 -> 10:02 AM) I don't know...I kind of agree with him that it's a rip-off because of the astronomical fees they charge, especially considering they never outperform the index they're based off of (and attempting to beat) over time. If an S&P 500 Index exists in a 401k, it's the ONLY stock based fund I suggest people put money into, maybe a smaller percentage into a similar bond index, and possibly a small percentage into a foreign index, but the latter is not necessary. The biggest mistake I see people make with 401k's is they tend to think they have to buy a small cap fund, a mid-cap fund, a large-cap fund, bond funds, growth funds, value funds, etc...so they end up with small stakes in a bunch of different funds, and they do this for "diversification". The problem is, what they seem to be missing is the S&P500 Index *IS* the definition of stock diversification -- all by itself. It's the top 500 companies on the market, and it means you're buying a small piece of each one of them. All 500 of them. People tend to think because they're buying "one" fund, that's all they own is that one single thing. ...and in the end, the S&P500 Index ALWAYS beats the small caps, the mid caps, and the large cap funds, not to mention it's a benchmark, so it's nearly cost basis free (~0.10%), and if/when one of those small companies becomes a big one -- they get listed on the S&P500 and you own them, too. The point of the S&P500 is that you'll never under or over perform the market on a long term basis. And it's cheap. And that's good. This is theory I subscribe to.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Feb 6, 2015 -> 08:29 AM) MLB has to fix this system of signing int'l players. This will turn into an international draft soon enough.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 6, 2015 -> 09:22 AM) If the Cubs cut EJax, I have the feeling the Sox would be interested. At $500k a year? Sure, you take a chance on him.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 6, 2015 -> 09:49 AM) My thought has always been that if it's not an index fund, I'm probably getting ripped off. I don't know about getting ripped off or not, but historically money managers don't out perform the SP on a long term basis. Sure they might win a few years in a row, but it almost always doesn't last.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 6, 2015 -> 09:35 AM) I would have thought that energy crash would have propped up GDP and consumer numbers more than jobs reports. But, obviously the revisions of recent GDP reports have been greater than 1% since q1 of last year. It usually takes 6 months to a year for those things to be felt in the economy as a whole, but hiring accelerating is a good sign that corporate America is buying into this being a real thing.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 6, 2015 -> 09:32 AM) I'm very frustrated by our 401k fund options, all of which seem very expensive. There is a small employee match, however. They do have aggressive/moderate models that just throw you in %'s of all of them, but I don't understand how to calculate costs of that. Honestly, the best thing you can do it manage it yourself. Look to see if you company has an SP 500 fund/ETF. For your main investment you should put 100(- your age) % into the fund. The balance of your age should be put into a conservative-ish bond fund (something based in American blue chips). If you are 30 years old... 70% into an SP fund. 30% into a bond fund. All of those managed funds are so much more expensive to be in (fees) than the simple SP funds, and historically they underperform the SP on a long term basis. Yes, they might win years as being better, but once you factor in fees and such, you are better off in the SP. Remember every extra fee you pay for aggressive management, is that much higher of a return you need to earn to get similar results. Just my two cents.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Feb 5, 2015 -> 07:31 PM) Lttle ditty bout" Jackin' Dayan , a Cuban kid playin' ball in the heartland. Dayan's gonna be a baseball star. Wait, no ,Dayan ,he ain't goin' far. Jackin Dayan one was of my favorite twitter lines ever.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 6, 2015 -> 08:38 AM) Huge revisions to the November/December numbers. http://www.businessinsider.com/january-jobs-report-2015-2 Perfectly corresponding with the crash in energy prices.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Feb 5, 2015 -> 07:45 PM) Been catching up on Sons of Liberty. They mention Samuel Adams so many times that I had to go out and buy a six pack. Honestly, it was pretty awful. The quality of the History docudramas is hitting rock bottom.